The Old Gods

Chapter 877 Soul
The loud explosion already made Lu Ran's eardrums ache.

To his surprise, the screams of the ghost doll suddenly rose to a whole new level!
The screams of a four- or five-year-old child are incredibly shrill.
It felt like it was going to pierce Lu Ran's eardrums!

"ah!!"

"Uh." A look of pain flashed across Lu Ran's eyes, and his expression was extremely ugly.

Lu Ran had decisively shut down the evil magic and evil consciousness when he roared in battle with Huangfu Zhao. Even so, after years of being immersed in the evil magic, his eyesight and hearing were still far superior to ordinary people.

The shrill screams of the ghost talisman doll were truly unbearable for Lu Ran.

The excruciating pain in my brain is only one aspect.

What worried Lu Ran even more was that, despite the barrage of hammer blows, the Ghost Talisman Girl Doll was still able to scream.

It should be noted that both Lu Ran and Si Xianxian have activated the technique of killing beyond their level, Fiery Heavenly Demon!
Three or four hammer shadows struck the ghost talisman doll, yet she didn't die.
"Snap! Snap!"

The sounds of stones cracking and splitting were hidden in the violent roar and drowned out by the little girl's screams.

"呲-"

As mist erupted beneath Lu Ran's feet and he was sent flying backward at high speed, his eyes narrowed slightly.

The ghost talisman doll was blasted and flew diagonally backward.

She kept spinning, and Lu Ran could clearly see cracks appearing on the girl's face.

What a strong defense!

Lu Ran swung his sword in rapid succession, creating a series of burning hammer shadows that relentlessly bombarded Xie Su.

Since becoming a believer, Lu Ran has often killed demons of higher levels.

Even without the Blazing Heaven Divine Art: Blazing Fire Heavenly Demon, Lu Ran could still accomplish this operation, simply because the demon minions did not possess the universal technique: Water Flow Armor.

Without defensive techniques, no matter how high your skill level is, you're still afraid of a kitchen knife!

The Evil Sculpture Ghost Talisman Girl doll in front of me does not have any defensive armor, but she has an incredibly powerful stone body.

The defensive capabilities of the true god and demon were far beyond Lu Ran's imagination.

Is this the body of God?
Is it really that hard?
How unjustly did that ghost boy die?
If the male doll hadn't gone into the void, but instead remained in its original state like the female doll, the battle situation everyone faced would likely have undergone a dramatic change.

"Follow up!" Jiang Ruyi immediately gave the order when she saw the ghost talisman doll being blasted away.

Just now, the Xianmo-Xuanshuang duo arrived even earlier thanks to their superior speed.

Jiang Ruyi also threw out 32 black talismans early on.

Black talismans spread out, slowly circling around the ghost talisman doll as the center point.

Ghostly Talisman and Evil Magic: Bewitching Array!
Within the maze, all living beings will be pulled into an illusion, experiencing a state of being "lost in a maze".

There is no way to heaven and no way to earth.

Jiang Ruyi was unsure whether the Ghost Talisman Doll had been affected, but the members of the Burning Gate assumed that the Ghost Talisman Doll would shatter after being bombarded.

But at this moment, the ghost doll was still screaming!

"Whoosh~"

Endless plum blossoms fluttered down, and Leng Xuanshuang's stone robe danced and rustled.

A series of beautiful afterimages strung together.

Xuan Shuang, the guard, wrapped his arm around the lady's waist and quickly chased after her.

"Yeah!"

The ghost talisman doll, blasted away, spun around erratically, swinging its little hands wildly and throwing out sheets of black talisman paper.

It is decorated with frost or entwined with quicksand.

Lord Immortal Sheep is absolutely right!

The two ghost dolls each have their own specialties.

The boy is proficient in using Blood Explosion Talisman, Yin Thunder Talisman, Ghost Talisman Formation, and Bewitching Formation; the girl is more skilled in using Frost Talisman, Earth Trap Talisman, and Frost Sand Formation.

"Snapped!"

A ground sinkhole talisman fell to the ground, and a quicksand vortex suddenly took shape.

Patches of dead trees snapped and collapsed, and countless minions were swallowed by quicksand. Whirlpools of sand whipped out from the vortex, lashing the ghostly minions until their souls were scattered.

The piercing cries echoed throughout the demon's lair.

The Heavenly Grade Earth-Crushing Talisman can transform the terrain within a radius of one kilometer into a quicksand vortex.

Divine Earthquake Talisman
The technique's effective range reached an area of ​​three thousand meters!
The members of the Burning Gate were all flying, not caring about the quicksand vortex. The key was the sand whips that were being whipped out from within, like sand snakes, frantically tearing at the creatures in the area.

Suddenly, the ghost talisman doll stopped!
She was blasted around in a daze and spinning wildly, but was entangled by several sand whips, which kept her steady.

"Boom!"

The battlefield was in utter chaos. In the distance, a frost rune collided with a burning hammer shadow, causing a tremendous explosion.

Frost splattered and flames spread in layers.

Ice and fire intertwined, churning fiercely, seemingly evenly matched.

The widespread impact detonated other black runes, halting the pursuit of several false gods.

"ah!!"

The ghost doll, supporting its slightly damaged body, screamed angrily.

The whip wrapped around his waist was immediately removed at his own discretion.

Just as the ghost talisman doll was about to fly upwards, a series of black talisman papers suddenly surrounded her.

In an instant, the ghost talisman doll froze.

The real world and the dream world switched back and forth in her eyes.

The sand whips swept across the two stone statues hurtling through the air, but only shattered their afterimages.

Each whip cracked and shattered the black talisman paper that surrounded the ghost talisman doll.

But Jiang Ruyi kept throwing out black talismans, repairing the bewitching array time and time again.

"Whoosh!" With a thought, a white jade tablet suddenly fell rapidly from the jade talisman array surrounding Jiang Ruyi, heading straight for the quicksand vortex below.

The next moment, the vortex trembled and the sand river churned!
Above the circular vortex of quicksand, a wide river of quicksand surges forth, with countless sand whips protruding from the river.

Jade Talisman Divine Art - Flowing Sand Talisman!
The sand river surged and eddies churned, and the sand whips of both sides intertwined.

In terms of technical strength alone, the Heavenly Grade is indeed no match for the Divine Grade, but the battlefield situation has undergone a qualitative change.

The sand whips, swung wildly, now had a target, no longer just focusing on the black talisman and the Burning Gate members.

"Ah! Ah ah ah ah!!" the ghost talisman doll cried out, its actions extremely eerie.

She flew forward a few meters, then suddenly stopped. She turned and flew a few meters before stopping again.

Clearly, the evil spell, the Bewitching Array, caused great trouble for the Ghost Talisman Girl Doll. Due to her flawed mental defenses, she could not completely resist this spell.

Because of her mental impairment, she was confused as she watched the constantly changing images in front of her.

Ironically, the Evil Magic Bewitching Array originally belonged to the Ghost Talisman Doll.

She really was like a four or five-year-old child, completely controlled by Jiang Ruyi, running around aimlessly like a headless fly.

"Drink!"

The shouts erupted again!
Lu Ran instantly landed on the shoulder of the Ghost Talisman Girl Doll. His body was engulfed in the flames of the Blazing Heaven Sect, and his hands were filled with the power of Blazing Heaven as he gripped the third-tier divine weapon, the Eight Desolations Annihilation Blade.

The tip of the blade bore a long, drawn-out gash from the North Wind and Nightshade tribes.

This strike will slay a god!

"Crack!!"

Gravel flew everywhere!

Lu Ran's knife, following the cracked lines on the neck of the ghost talisman doll, plunged deep into its neck.

A few pebbles splashed onto Lu Ran, causing his water armor to buzz.

The pebbles that should have splashed onto her face were steadily intercepted by the smoky ribbon.

"Huh?" Lu Ran turned his head sharply and found that the hammer shadow had arrived.

In the instant he flashed away, the hammer shadow slammed into the face of the Ghost Talisman Girl Doll.

"Rumble"

The ghost doll tilted its head, its neck almost broken in half, and was once again smashed and sent flying backward.

"Chase!" Jiang Ruyi said expressionlessly, uttering cold words.

Leng Xuanshuang wrapped her arms around Jiang Ruyi's waist and flew forward again. Suddenly, she noticed that the ghost talisman doll that had been flying backward had become blurred.

Under the relentless attacks of Lu Ran and Feng Xian, the dizzy and confused Ghost Talisman Girl finally couldn't withstand it and chose to use her ethereal transformation to become immune to damage!
But the problem is
"call!!"

The gale arrived as expected.

Passing through the chaotic battlefield, hundreds of meters away, Deng Yuxiang stood proudly in the air.

Her beautiful eyes narrowed, and her huge stone hand reached forward. The magical veil and her long hair fluttered behind her head.

"Waaaaah!!"

The ghostly doll screamed shrilly, then its cries abruptly ceased.

Amidst the raging wind, the illusory figure was torn apart and could no longer restore its original stone body, shattering into dense primordial energy.

This terrifying tornado transformed into a misty tornado.

Behind the Nightmare Stone Sculpture, the Wind-Swept Stone Sculpture constantly changes its appearance.

When the stone sculpture of Feng Rao featured He Qifeng as its main figure, her gaze burned with intense passion, and she clenched her fists in excitement.

When the stone sculpture of Feng Rao was centered on Bai Rao, a cruel smile appeared on her face, and she couldn't help but stick out a long tongue and lick the corner of her mouth.

[Quick! Aunt Bai, swallow it!]

The woman's mind was filled with the anxious voice of the Lord of the Burning Gate.

The false gods can give each other their primordial energy, so it doesn't matter who gets the resources.

There's only one important thing—speed!

In the Great Xia God and Demon System, the Jade-Faced Serpent is the fastest at absorbing energy.

"Hiss!" The stone sculpture of Feng Rao suddenly transformed into a giant white-scaled python, reaching a length of three thousand meters.

Jiang Jing of the Jade-Faced Snake Clan unleashes his ultimate move: Heavenly Grade White-Scaled Immortal Python!

The enormous snake head swiftly lunged forward, opening its blood-red maw, its long tongue sweeping across its lips as it inhaled deeply into the mist tornado.

The Jade-Faced Serpent Clan's ultimate move in the Sea Realm: Heavenly Grade Immortal Python Devouring the Heavens!
Seeing this, Deng Yuxiang waved his hand gracefully, and his wide straw raincoat fluttered in the wind, quickly dissipating the distant tornado.

Did we win?
Won!

The Burning Gate has truly slain an evil god!
Deng Yuxiang stared intently at the astonishingly large aura of the Holy Spirit.

In the past, fog of this concentration could only be attributed to divine power.

This thick fog is now filled with the primordial energy!

What terrifying resources this is! How many pseudo-gods could it cultivate to advance to the third level of the Heavenly Realm?

This time,
Ranmen really needs to eat his fill.
That said, the group had prepared four different plans to exploit the weaknesses of the Ghost Talisman Doll clan.

However, the three backup plans were never used. The pseudo-gods, including Leng Tianxing, He Yingcai, and Lu Yuan, who were waiting to be summoned in the garden, were not summoned by the sect leader.

Both of the evil ghost dolls died in the hands of the Great Nightmare!
The battle to slay the gods did indeed encounter some unexpected events; the Ghost Talisman Girl Doll did not immediately become ethereal.

But overall, the Burning Gate forces swept through the enemy lines with overwhelming force!
They achieved a swift and decisive victory!

[Faster! The divine and demonic reinforcements may arrive at any moment. Hmm?] Lu Ran opened his pair of eyes of the dead, his pupils slightly contracting.

Revenant?

Two enormous ghosts emerged from the recently dispersed mist tornado.

"Woooooo~~~"

"Waaah!" Unlike other ghosts, the boy and girl did not become enraged or bared their teeth after death.

They just clasped their little hands together and kept crying.

In another world, the ghost dolls have finally "held hands" again.

Lu Ran was just wondering why the boy doll's soul disappeared after it was scattered.

It now appears that the two ghost dolls are connected at their origin, and only when both evil sculptures are completely shattered can they be considered dead as a whole.

[As I remember!] Lu Ran immediately pointed into the distance, [Go and devour the ghostly, evil spirits shaped by the ghostly talisman!]

This is the spirit of an evil god.

Perhaps it should be called "spirit"?
Could this so-called divine soul be the key to Jiang Ruyi's ascension to godhood?

The missing chapter will be added tomorrow. I worked very hard on these two chapters today, and I hope everyone is satisfied.

I've been making dumplings all this time, all for the sake of a bit of vinegar, and they're finally ready to be served.

(End of this chapter)